And they're right. I mean, I totally agree, but people need to understand why. I mean our government was never intended to manage 24% of our economy. I mean 100 years ago, Judge, the total government was only 2% of our economy. That's all the federal government was. And the Senate, the body in which I serve, it was actually intended, it was designed to limit the growth of government. (03:28–03:34)
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Asserts that government spending was 2% of the economy 100 years ago.
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